England bans cigarette vending machines

England hat Zigarettenautomaten abgeschafft

 

 

Bad news for smokers in England since Saturday are banned cigarette vending machines. Those who continue to offer tobacco products in vending machines for cigarettes or to advertise, must expect severe penalties of up to 2,500 pounds (2910 euros).

The new law has been debated for months about the controversy had occurred on 1 Into force in October. In other parts of the UK including Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, the regulation does not at first.

The Health Department wants to reduce the ban, especially the sale of cigarettes to minors. Virtually every smoker has to smoking before his 18th Age began, is the government's argument. 35 million cigarettes are sold illegally every year so far on cigarette vending machines to minors.

For the Government of the ban on vending machines is only a first step. In the future, but the shops set of tobacco advertising completely.

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